Godzilla...all up in dat.
Feb. 29th, 2004 10:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oneirophreniaToho's Official Godzilla Site is damnear impossible to understand 'cause it's, y'know, all in that crazy moonman writing the Japanians got...but, lord, is it pretty.
Just finished watching Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, which may be one of the worst Godzilla movies ever made--but, hey, it's Godzilla, so it's still enjoyable and fun as all hell to watch even though the plot is thin as can be, and the villain kaiju isn't all that impressive. I mean...a gigantic prehistoric dragonfly that sucks Godzilla Power up through his stinger? Lame! But Godzilla looks fresher than ever, with new metallic-looking dorsal spines that shine with an awesome radioactive light when he deploys the patented Godzilla Ass-destroying Fire Breath(tm). The FX are great, too: nicely modernized, but still classic Toho. I'm actually glad to see that Godzilla is still a guy in a rubber suit. Sure, a CGI Godzilla would rock all known booties, but...it just wouldn't be the same. Godzilla is supposed to be a guy in a rubber suit--that's part of the whole mystique, and one of the things that made me fall in love with the big green hooligan in the first place when I was five years old. I'm very impressed how the guy-in-the-suit FX technologies have advanced over the year and become more and more realistic without sacrificing the essential essence of Godzilla, and this film, though dumber than most, highlights it beautifully.
I really need to work on my Godzilla DVD collection. But I also need to work on my Vincent Price DVD collection as well...and my David Lynch collection...Tim Burton collection...Roman Polanski...Hammer Films...Universal Monsters....Yeah. It's going to be a while.
Just finished watching Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, which may be one of the worst Godzilla movies ever made--but, hey, it's Godzilla, so it's still enjoyable and fun as all hell to watch even though the plot is thin as can be, and the villain kaiju isn't all that impressive. I mean...a gigantic prehistoric dragonfly that sucks Godzilla Power up through his stinger? Lame! But Godzilla looks fresher than ever, with new metallic-looking dorsal spines that shine with an awesome radioactive light when he deploys the patented Godzilla Ass-destroying Fire Breath(tm). The FX are great, too: nicely modernized, but still classic Toho. I'm actually glad to see that Godzilla is still a guy in a rubber suit. Sure, a CGI Godzilla would rock all known booties, but...it just wouldn't be the same. Godzilla is supposed to be a guy in a rubber suit--that's part of the whole mystique, and one of the things that made me fall in love with the big green hooligan in the first place when I was five years old. I'm very impressed how the guy-in-the-suit FX technologies have advanced over the year and become more and more realistic without sacrificing the essential essence of Godzilla, and this film, though dumber than most, highlights it beautifully.
I really need to work on my Godzilla DVD collection. But I also need to work on my Vincent Price DVD collection as well...and my David Lynch collection...Tim Burton collection...Roman Polanski...Hammer Films...Universal Monsters....Yeah. It's going to be a while.
